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24 Feb Posted by Scott in Bully, Life Skills, Parent Coaching Articles, Teens | Comments

Facebook Bully: Tips From A School Counselor

Schools across America are being bombarded by parent phone calls stemming from Facebook harassment and bully issues. Most states have anti-bully laws in place that the schools have to follow to ensure that your child is safe at school. Facebook and other social media anti-harassment and anti bully laws are now being added to the existing laws...

22 Feb Posted by Scott in Academics | Comments

Public vs. Private School Education: How Can A Parent Make The Right Choice?

With the cost of private school education going up and the challenges some parents are facing with their home budgets, some private school parents are beginning to ask, “Can I afford a private school education for my child?” Many other parents who currently have their child in a public school and are not satisfied with the quality of education...

21 Feb Posted by Scott in Discipline, Family Stress, Homework Help, Parent Coaching Articles, Parenting Videos, Teens | Comments

Positive Parenting Solutions Review: Scam or Legit?

As an educator, school counselor and instructor of thousands of parents over the past 30 years, I have become very selective in the parenting programs that I recommend to my parents. The Positive Parenting Solutions program is one of the most favorable parenting programs that I have seen on the market today. This fair review...

19 Feb Posted by Scott in Discipline, Parent Coaching Articles, Teens | Comments

The Parent Coach Plan Review

ScottCounseling welcomes The Parent Coach Plan as a new sponsor. The Parent Coach Plan offers parents Teen Behavior Contracts that allows you, the parent, to place your child on a written discipline contract to help improve your child’s behavior at home. A child behavior contract is often used at schools and by professional child psychologists...

07 Feb Posted by Scott in Featured Authors | 1 comment

Children Doing Chores: Preparing Your Child For The World of Work

Are parents today doing enough to prepare their children for the world of work? In recent years, there seems to be more and more children reporting that their parents do not assign chores or allow the child to work with the parent at home as a method to encourage independence and self-reliance. Assigning children at...

07 Feb Posted by Scott in Dumb Parenting | Comments

Bailing Your Child Out: Why Enabling a Child is Bad

Jimmy The School Janitor is a regular featured author for ScottCounseling. Jimmy provides his perspective on what he sees to be the real problem with children today… ”dumb parenting!” My Child Forgets His School Books All The Time! How a Dumb Parent Responds I can’t believe how many parents I see come into my school on...

04 Feb Posted by Scott in Featured Authors | Comments

Why Education is a Mess in America

Education is a mess in America because of 1) too much government regulation and control, 2) the school calendar is set up and based on a hundred year old agricultural schedule, 3) our educators are seldom involved in the planning process and 4) our society seldom is told “the real story” as to why many of our...

28 Jan Posted by Scott in Parenting Videos | Comments